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one-touch off of a corner
kick that the Marist keeper
saved.
In the second half, Siu-
slaw got the ball down in
the attacking third a few
times but was not able to
get off any shots. Marist
scored one goal in the half,
with Lane making three
saves in the second half.
“We
were
exerting
enough pressure through-
out the game that the
Marist defense was clear-
ing the ball out instead of
moving it back up the field.
Marist played a strong pass-
ing game and moved the
ball around very well,” said
Tomaro, who explained
that during portions of the
game, the team was able
to maintain pressure and
mark the open passing tar-
gets to disrupt the flow of
Marist’s momentum.
“However, during other
portions of the game, we
were marking the ball in-
stead of the players,” said
Tomaro. “That leads to un-
necessary running and our
players tiring more quick-
ly.”
Despite the loss, Toma-
ro was proud of her team’s
efforts, explaining, “Our
team played the game that
I hoped they would play.
They passed and worked
together and played effec-
tive defense.”
Then,
on
Tuesday
(March 16), the Vikings
went on the road to play
Cottage Grove. The Lions,
who are one of the more
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seasoned teams in the Sky-
Em League, roared their
way to eight goals, with the
Vikings scoring zero.
The Vikings struggled
partially because they had
players out for the match,
so they were forced to com-
pete with no subs — which
was not an issue for Cot-
tage Grove. Maintaining
sufficient subs for her team
has been an issue in previ-
ous games. So, after Tues-
day’s match, Tomaro made
the decision to merge her
JV and varsity teams into
one varsity team.
“Unfortunately, it is ex-
tremely difficult to main-
tain a high intensity game
with that imbalance,” ex-
plained Tomaro. Us a re-
sult of merging the teams,
the final JV game has been
canceled, with the JV play-
ers now merged into the
varsity squad for the re-
mainder of the season.
In the first half against
The Lions, Lane made 7
saves, with the Lions scor-
ing 4 goals while taking a
total of 18 shots against The
Viks. In the second half,
Lane made 4 saves, with
the Lions scoring 4 more
goals on 14 attempts. Cot-
tage Grove’s final goal was
scored on a penalty kick for
a handball in the box.
According to Tomaro,
Siuslaw got some chances
in front of the net and came
close to scoring, with Jason
Garcia and Dylan Jensen as
notable players on offense.
Again, Tomaro expected
that the match to be chal-
lenging, noting the amount
of experience at the varsity
level being a key factor to
her team’s performance.
Fortunately, this first
season as a varsity team is
allowing the Vikings the
time needed to gain experi-
ence at this level.
Overall, Tomaro said she
is proud of the efforts her
team has shown despite the
fact that this first season as
a varsity team has been dif-
ficult.
“They
played
hard
throughout their game,”
Tomaro said. “We didn't
give up on offense — we
continued to press the ball
into the Cottage Grove end
and we attempted to get
shots right up to the end.
The defense played with
great focus and intensity
during every scoring at-
tempt.
“There are definitely
things we can work on but,
overall, I'm proud of our
team for maintaining their
effort and enthusiasm.”
Thursday night (March
18), the Vikings got a re-
match at Marist, with the
Spartans taking an 8-0 win.
Siuslaw plays again this
Tuesday, when the Viks
host Marshfield beginning
at 6:30 p.m.
Viks
set.
“That helped us there,
especially with that close
of a game,” Cole said of the
duo’s serving.
In set three, Siuslaw
came out strong after the
win, but was not able to
maintain the focus needed
to secure the win. “We got
too excited about the sec-
ond set and just kind of let
[Cottage Grove] back into
it,” said Cole. “We actually
had a really big lead in the
third set, and we just kind
of let them come right
back and take it away from
us. And [the girls] didn't
like that.”
Refusing to give up at
that point, in set four, the
Vikings were persistent
and unyielding, making
sure that the Lions had no
chance to steal the set.
“In set four, we came out
strong from the start,” said
Cole. “We didn't let them
have any kind of momen-
tum at all, we just kept it
the whole entire set.”
Again, Siuslaw managed
to even the match by win-
ning the fourth set, 25-19.
In the fifth set, the Vi-
kings played hard, but two
missed serves proved cost-
ly — providing the Lions
with the points needed to
secure the match win, 15-
12.
“The whole match it-
self, we only missed four
serves. Having those last
two being in that last set
hurt us a little bit. But we
went back and forth each
set, and we never gave up,”
said Cole. “We had a few
small hiccups that kind of
threw off our momentum
in that last set with some
substitution issues. We lost
our focus for a little bit but
never stopped after that.
“We got our mindset
back and we got a few
more points on the board,
and we tried our best all
the way through.”
The girls played a no-
table game offensively.
Kya Blake had 16 kills
and 1 block, Tupua had
11 kills and 6 blocks, and
Alizabeth Norton had 3
kills to go with 3 blocks.
Zoe Alberty had 33 as-
sists overall.
Cole was very pleased
with her team’s efforts
throughout. “This was
definitely the best game
we've played all season.
It was really fun to watch
the girls actually play-
ing up to their full po-
tential,” she said of her
team’s performance.
Cole said the team is
looking forward to the
Vikings’ next meeting
with the Lions in a cou-
ple of weeks.
“It’s definitely going
to be probably as close,”
said Cole, “and it'll prob-
ably go to five sets, and
it'll be a fun game again.
Hopefully we can just
come out ahead next
time.”
Thursday (March 18),
the Vikings were back
on the road again, this
time at Marist to take on
the Lady Spartans. The
last time the Viks played
Marist was the season
opener at home, with
the Spartans taking a 3-1
win. On Thursday, Siu-
slaw returned the favor,
sweeping the Spartans
on their home court, 25-
20, 25-23, 25-14.
Tupua nabbed 13 kills
and 3 blocks, Blake had 3
kills, Hailee Outlaw had
4 kills, and Alizabeth
Norton scored 2 kills
against Marist.
Siuslaw’s next game
will be at home on Tues-
day (March 23), when
the Lady Viks host
Marshfield, beginning at
6:45 p.m.
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“Coming off of the road
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to start a little bit sooner.
They did a lot better this
time than they did against
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said of Tuesday’s match.
Once things got going
for Siuslaw, they were able
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